Lajos Lázár

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Role

Director | Writer

Date of birth

12/01/1885

Date of death

06/02/1936

Place of birth

Nagybánya, Austria-Hungary [now Baia Mare, Romania]

Lajos Lázár

Biography

Director. He read law and pursued practice as a barrister. Beside this he worked as a journalist and painter as well. In 1917 he established a film factory with the name Lux. First he is managing director, later art director, finally leading film director of his company. In the twenties in Vienna he established a new enterprise named Gaby Film. In 1929 he returned to Budapest. The first sound picture of standard size is his work as well: A kék bálvány (1931). He also shot in the Palestine as a guest: Ez a föld (1935, Palestinian).

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